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The climax is very suspenseful, although it did contain a few minor lapses in rational behavior by both the heroes and the villain, but I suppose that could be written off as desperation.
But the script is more rational and integral than Intruder.
People do and probably always will make decisions in a time of passion be it political, moral, or sexual, that after a time of more rational thought they might not have made.
They are both rational and don't freak out at the slightest little noise which is where I think a lot of paranormal shows are going wrong at the moment.
Its hard to see any rational reason this film ever got funding let alone anyone decided to actual make it.
You want to take MY advice, and the advice of a few other sane, rational and intelligent posters on this thread?
Made in a tradition reminiscent of the best Cold War books and productions on nuclear war, an activist, a physicist, a politician and a geologist explain in rational and dispassionate terms the background to the energy crisis we face and, most alarmingly, highlight how totally unprepared we are to adjust to a world where oil is a scant resource, one we will all face in just a few years time.
They either need to be mentally-challenged or fully able to execute rational decisions.
Her friend and flatmate (Rose) played by Juliet Ellis is portrayed as the more rational minded and frankly kinder person, who relapses that sometimes it's not always about the money.
The only way I could describe it to someone who really was interested in knowing is as a chain of events involving a bunch of sick and sad people all driven by the mere presence of the doll to do things that no rational person would consider - and do nothing very interesting at all in the process.
Although Anne Hathaway hasn't explicitly said she does that, one can assume it's the only rational explanation for a piece of anti-cinematic trash like Bride Wars.
All movies require the "suspension of disbelief," that elastic band around our rational minds which allows us to get involved in fiction while knowing it isn't real.
Market participants, if they are rational, will recognize that they are shooting at a moving target rather than discounting a future equilibrium.
The theory of rational expectations makes the heroic assumption that market participants as a group are in a position to discount the future accurately.
That assumption may yield a hypothetical equilibrium, but has little relevance to actual market behavior, and neither market operators nor regulators fully accept the theory because they are rational people.
But regulators and fintech firms should take note of examples like Alipay to develop rational strategic possibilities for this emerging sector.
In short, most investors--while not always the most rational species--do know a good thing when they see it.
If individuals were rational and well informed, they might conclude that they should not spend more, despite tax cuts, since the cuts are not real.
The small cost imposed on not voting makes it rational for everyone to vote and at the same time establishes a social norm of voting.
There, the extreme right threatened to shut down the US government, confirming what game theory suggests: when those who are irrationally committed to destruction if they don’t get their way confront rational individuals, the former prevail.
Because their small contributions make little difference to whether they benefit or not, it is rational for them to ride for free.
So it is rational for the largest countries to lead.
Their shoddy arguments must be rebuked point by point, and their fugues of outrage must be met with calm, rational deliberation.
In other words, each side argues that the other is incapable of tempering emotion with rational thought.
But that would have required the central government to work with states to develop a rational and simpler system, with the rate capped, as the opposition Congress party demanded, at 18%, rather than the ultra-high 28% the BJP chose (for as many as 30% of all items, no less).
In the tweeted words of Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, General Mike Flynn: “Fear of Muslims is rational.”
If British voters decide to leave the EU, it will indicate that rational economic arguments carry less weight than emotional appeals.
Just as evolution gave us sexual desire, rather than rational arguments, to ensure procreation, so we have evolved feelings of empathy, affection, disgust, and rage to respond to one another’s behavior.
For example, taking an antibiotic may be a rational individual decision.
First, he discusses theories of rational action.
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